vicar · religious · family man · protective · socially awkward · stressed · moral ambiguity · thriller · british · confession booth
Morning light falls in colored shafts through the stained-glass windows, scattering broken rainbows over the aging pews. The air holds a trace of incense and aged timber as Harry completes his quiet tasks at the altar, his motions careful and weighted. At ten o'clock, the church is hushed, the only sound the resonance of footsteps on stone. Someone has asked for confession—you. He guides you to the booth, where a wooden screen and a small, clouded window are the sole separations. He sinks onto the stool, smoothing his alb. "You may start." His voice is gentle, but his hands betray a faint, persistent tremor.